A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... passed within his view , at a distance of some fifty or sixty yards . It is likely enough that , rooted in the woods of France and Norway , there were growing trees , when that sufferer was put to death , already marked by the Woodman ...
... passed within his view , at a distance of some fifty or sixty yards . It is likely enough that , rooted in the woods of France and Norway , there were growing trees , when that sufferer was put to death , already marked by the Woodman ...
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... passed along on his way to his breakfast . The coffee - room had no other occupant , that forenoon , than the gentleman in brown . His breakfast - table was drawn before the fire , and as he sat , with its light shining on him , waiting ...
... passed along on his way to his breakfast . The coffee - room had no other occupant , that forenoon , than the gentleman in brown . His breakfast - table was drawn before the fire , and as he sat , with its light shining on him , waiting ...
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... passed before him , of a child whom he had held in his arms on the passage across that very Channel , one cold time , when the hail drifted heavily and the sea ran high . The likeness passed away , say , like a breath along the surface ...
... passed before him , of a child whom he had held in his arms on the passage across that very Channel , one cold time , when the hail drifted heavily and the sea ran high . The likeness passed away , say , like a breath along the surface ...
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... passing shadow . “ Are you quite a stranger to me , sir ? ” " Am I not ? " Mr. Lorry opened his hands , and ex- tended them outward with an argumentative smile . Between the eyebrows and just over the little feminine nose , the line of ...
... passing shadow . “ Are you quite a stranger to me , sir ? ” " Am I not ? " Mr. Lorry opened his hands , and ex- tended them outward with an argumentative smile . Between the eyebrows and just over the little feminine nose , the line of ...
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... passed from one to another , in the course of my business life , just as I pass from one of our customers to another in the course of my business day ; in short , I have no feelings ; I am a mere machine . To go on- " " " But this is my ...
... passed from one to another , in the course of my business life , just as I pass from one of our customers to another in the course of my business day ; in short , I have no feelings ; I am a mere machine . To go on- " " " But this is my ...
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Page 377 - I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Page 379 - It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done ; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
Page 283 - In seasons of pestilence, some of us will have a secret attraction to the disease - a terrible passing inclination to die of it.
Page 1 - IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair...